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Brown Genealogy. By Adin C. Estabrook.
The Brown School House District was settled by Thomas Brown, a cavalry soldier in the British army. He was taken prisoner at Oswego, during the French and Indian wars of 1755. He got away from two Indians who had nearly stripped him of clothing, and made his way to his home in Reading; Mass.
He was the fifth from Nicholas, who settled in Read- ing, Mass., in 1631. He m Ruth Walton, of Marble- head, grand-daughter of Rev. Wm. Walton, of Glouces- tershire, Eng. They had Thomas (2) ; Benjamin (2) ; Cluna (2) ; and Ruth (2). Thomas m Sybil Bowman, of Lexington, Mass. They had Sybil (3), m Thomas Estabrook ; Oren (3) m Miss Dorwin, and had Philo (4). Philo Bowman (3) m Phœbe Mead, had Brainard (4), and Eletta (4) ; Warren (3) m Miss Gay, had Oscar (4), and Louise (4); Eunice m Joseph Edmunds, had Marcus (4). and Rosa (4) ; Orinda m Samuel Adams, had Newell (4), Carrie (4), Preston (4), Cornelia (4), and Philomela (4) ; Carrie m Lauren Broughton, and had Elmer (5), who m Miss Reynolds, and had Carrie (6) ; Ardella (5), m R. W. Eggleston, and had twins, Larry (6), and Lucy (6).
Cornelia (5) m Carson Fisher, and had three chil- dren :- Henry (5), Marshall (5), and Jenry (5).
Newell (3), m Mary Hall, and had two girls, and had three at one birth.
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Alfred (3), m Miss Harrington, had Edna (4), who m D. C. Hall, and had Margurette (5).
Benjamin (2), m Miss Burnham, and had Walton (3), Mary (3), and Franklin (3).
Walton m -, and had Isadore (4). He was a merchant at Felchville.
Ruth m John Page, and had Ira (3), and Esther (3). She m a Mr. Fisher, and had one son, Henry (4), who lives in Waltham, Mass.
Estabrook Genealogy. By Adin C. Estabrook.
In 1660, Joseph and Thomas, of Enfield, Eng., set- tled in Concord, Mass. Thos. m Sarah Temple, and had Thomas (2), and Abraham (2).
Thomas (2), had Robert (3), m Olive Townsend, and settled in Reading about 1780, in the school district at the north west corner of the town, which included all north of the Edgar Stearns farm, and in 1810, contained 60 scholars. Now not a building is standing. He fell from his horse in 1803, and was killed.
Jonathan (4), m Mary Flagg. Children :- Sally (5) m Thomas Ransom, had Rosamond (6). She m Collins Hathorn, and had Dennis (7), and Ira (7).
Susannah m Isaac Hemenway, no children.
Mary (5), m Wmn. Kidder, of Braintree. Settled at Darien, N. Y., had Volussa (6), Maria (6), Wm. H. (6), and Sarah (6).
Jonathan (6), m Rhoda Hathorn, had Oliva (6), Fidelia (6), and Rosamond (6).
Rebekah (5), m Enoch Winslow, had Marcellus (6), and Betsey (6).
Ann (5), m Nathaniel Hathorn, had Benj. (6) who m Amanda Bridge ; Ira (6), and Electa (6), who m Joel M. Slack.
Hannah (5), m Rufus Kidder, had Henry R. (6).
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He m Flora Kendrick.
Olive (5), m Jacob Vanderhyden ; d in California. They had nine children ; Levinus, settled in Conn.
Thomas (5), m Sybil Brown, b on the old Brown farm in 1792. Children-Thomas B (6), b 1813 murdered at Leonidas, Mich., Nov. 13, 1853; John (6), three days old ; Alonzo Flagg (6), lawyer, graduate of the Norwich university, class of 1836, under Capt. Par- tridge ; Jasper Hazen (6), physician, b 1815, d 1842 ; Wm. Warren (6), shoe dealer, m Isabel Conant, had Fanny (7), who m J. C. Harding, of Philadelphia, and had two children (8).
Annah (7), Oscar (7), Edgar (7), Jasper (7), whod in the army, George (7).
Mary Viola, b 1823, d in Fitchburg, 1865.
Adin Cady Estabrook
was b in Reading, Vt., Dec. 9, 1828, on the homestead of his grand-father, Jona. Estabrook, who settled there in 1783. Later, their farm was owned and occupied by James W. Fulton. It was in the "Chase District", in the north-west part of the town.
He left the "Old Brown farm", (where his mother was b in 1792) in 1856, and removed to East Granville, Vt. Here he m Emma Tarbell, a daughter of Daniel Tarbell, of South Royalton.
At this place, he was selectman, recruiting officer, and postmaster. In Nov. 1863, he removed to Lunen- berg, Mass. He has taught school in Michigan, Ver- mont and Mass., in all, during 28 years. At Lunenberg he was selectman, and school committee, much of the time from 1868 to 1883, and was elected a Representa- tive of Fitchburg and Lunenberg in 1876.
In the Legislature, he served on the committee to re-district the State into Congressional and Senatorial districts, and was secretary of the sub-committee for Wor-
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cester Co., and practically, did the whole of the Sena- torial division.
Their children are :-
Viola May (7), a teacher, and Athileas Gertrude (7), who m Martin A. Seymour, and they had a son, Bruce (8).
Mr. and Mrs. Seymour are both teachers, and are lo- cated at Tilton, N. H.
Dr. Ripley Clark.
Dr. Ripley Clark, one of the most prominent physi- cians of Vermont, d at his residence in Windsor, Apr. 23, 1900.
He was b in Strafford, Vt., in 1817. He studied medicine with the late Prof. Edward E. Phelps, M. D., of Windsor, and graduated at Dartmouth Medical Col- lege in 1846, with high honors.
He located in Reading in 1847, and lived at first in the house now occupied by Dr. Kinson, and built and used as an office, the small building on the opposite side of the street, now occupied by Geo. F. Edson. He last resided in the brick house now occupied by Mrs. Sarah E. Wardner. He m Mary A. Raymond, of Bridgewater, Aug. 9, 1848, daughter of Hon. Isaiah Raymond, and the result of the union was one son, Isaiah Raymond Clark, b Jan. 1, 1853, at Reading, graduated at Dart- mouth College, is now a practicing attorney in Boston, Mass., and a leading member of the Bar.
After practicing medicine in Reading and Demont, now Creston, in Ogle County, in Illinois, and at Hart- ford, Vt. Dr. Clark located in Windsor, Vt., in 1861, and built up a successful practice, being most skilful in surgery, in which he was often called. He continued in active practice at Windsor, until near the time of his death.
He was a half-brother of the late Prof. Alonzo Jack- man, of Norwich University. He was not an office seek-
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er, but was elected to the Vermont Legislature in 1880, as the representative of Windsor. He was at one time President of the Windsor National Bank. He was med- ical director of the state's prison for twenty years.
He had long been a member of the Baptist Church, in Windsor, and a most liberal contributor to its finan- cial needs.
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CHAPTER XX.
Albert Eastman ; Corydon M. Fay ; Ida M. (Cole) Fay.
Albert Eastman, son of Amos and Joanna (Buell) Eastman, was b in Newport, N. H., Nov. 29, 1818. He was the youngest in a family of six children, the place of his birth being on the farm where his grand-father, Benj. Eastman, 2nd, settled, when he came to Newport, from Boscowen, N. H., in 1781. The farm is situated on the Unity road, and has been in the Eastman name for five generations.
He is the direct descendant and the sixth genera- tion from Roger Eastman, who came to this country from England in 1640, and settled at Salisbury, Mass.
His early life was spent in the town of his birth, and his education was acquired in its public schools, and in a select school in the town of Lempster, where it was his pleasure to be the pupil of the late Rev. A. A. Miner, D. D., of Boston, Mass.
At the age of 21, he went to Boston, Mass., where he was in business two and one-half years. Returning to Newport, N. H., he was m in Nov., 1843, to L. Lucinda Wood, of Hartland, Vt. Here he made his home until Jan., 1857, when he moved with his wife and two chil- dren, to So. Woodstock, where their youngest child was b.
On March 5, 1866, he again moved with his family to Reading, Vt., onto a farm purchased of the late Rufus and Fidelia Forbush, where he lived until the time of his death, on March 3, 1896. As the larger part of his life had been spent on a farm, he was considered a thor- ough farmer in every sense of the word, being always ready to grasp at new ideas, and keeping well out of the time-worn ruts ; and if any of his neighbors thought
C. M. FAY.
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him a little fussy about some branch of farm work, they would later on show themselves just as fussy by adopt- ing Uncle Albert's ways. He gained and held the re- spect of his fellow-townsmen, and was ever ready to help those less fortunate than himself.
In his family he was one of the most indulgent and thoughtful of husbands and fathers, ever mindful of those around him, and always happiest in the home circle, greeting all who came to his door, with a cheerful word and pleasant smile. His late home was deeded by his administrator, in July, 1899, to his two daughters, Arlie E., lately deceased, and Mrs. Henry De Wolf, who, with her husband are the present occupants.
Horace A. Eastman, son of Albert Eastman, was b · at Newport, N. H., Nov. 20, 1849, and came to Read- ing with his parents, and there resided many years, lo- cating in Barnard, Vt., in 1876. He was educated in the common schools, has held the offices of lister, auditor and selectman, and represented Barnard in the Legisla- ture of 1902 and '4, as a Republican.
Annie Eastman was m to Henry DeWolf, at Wood- stock, Vt., Aug. 1, 1900, by Rev. J. T. Simmons, and they now reside on the Eastman home farm.
Corydon M. Fay.
Corydon M. Fay, son of Samuel Fay and Louisa Herrick, formerly of Reading, Vt , was b in Weathers- field, Vt., Sept. 30, 1852. His boyhood days were spent on a farm in that town. He received his education in the common schools. At the age of eighteen, he taught school very successfully in the town of Royalton.
In the year of 1871. he embarked in the mercantile business, working for I. Glynn & Sons, at Felchville. continuing with them two years. He was subsequently employed by the late Charles Amsden, at Amsden, Vt., taking charge of his store. In the spring of 1878, he
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opened a general merchandise store in Felchville, in the store then owned by Harriet Gates. He afterwards bought the business of O. C. Sawyer, and moved his stock of goods to the brick building in which Chamber- lain & Keyes formerly conducted business.
He carried on a successful business, receiving the appointment of Postmaster, which office he held for sev- eral years. In politics, Mr. Fay was always a Republi- can, and was honored with various town offices, and also served as school committee for two years.
In May, 1879, he m Ida May Cole, daughter of Dea. Converse Cole, of Meriden, N. H. They have two sons. Harold Cole, and Maurice Winkley. In 1888, Mr. Fay sold out his business at Felchville, and went to Clinton, Mass., and is now connected with the firm of Fyfer, Fay & Plummer, wholesale and retail grocers, Mr. Fay being the senior partner. In Clinton he has served as a direc- tor of the Clinton Co-operative Bank, also as Treasurer of the Clinton Hall Trunk Manfg. Co.
He has been honored by the Baptist church of Clin- ton, serving for several years as chairman of the Parish committee, and has recently been elected Deacon of his church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Lancaster Lodge, No. 89, also a member of the Camp. While at Felchville, he was an active member of the Baptist church, and a leading member of the choir.
Ida M. (Cole) Fay.
Ida M. (Cole) Fay, wife of Corydon M. Fay, daugh- terof Dea. Converse Cole and Mary Ann Winkley, was b in Meriden, in the town of Plainfield, N. H., Feb. 3, 1855. She received her education at the Kimball Union Academy, graduating from that institution in the class of 1874. She taught successfully in the public schools of Plainfield, N. H., for several terms. She was m May 28, 1878. to Corydon M. Fay, of Felchville, Vt.
MRS. C. M. FAY.
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Mrs. Fay has always figured prominently in musi- cal and social circles, and has always been an active and ardent worker in the Baptist church.
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CHAPTER XXI.
The Felch Family ; Rufus O. Forbush ; Lillian Wat- kins Fay.
The Felch family, and Lt. Francis Chase. By Minnie Amsden Coy.
Henry Felch (or Falch, previous to his emigration to America) is of the same descent as the Hughes family Barons of Ederirnion, County Merioneth, Wales, which derives a royal lineage through the ancient Princes of Powys, and the monarchs of North and South Wales, from Roderick the Great, or Rhodri Mawr, twenty eight descents as given in record.
Henry Felch came to this country about 1640. We learn from Babson's History of Gloucester, Mass., that "Henry Felch was here in 1642, and owner of six acres of hoed ground, of which there is no grant in records. From this is inferred that he was a settler be- fore incorporation of the town. He also had a house and land which he sold to James Avery."
His will was duly proved. Henry Felch, Jr., came from Wales with his father. In 1648, Henry Felch's name appears, at first election of highway surveyors. In 1667, there were 59 houses owned by Henry Felch, and others. In a record of lots of pine swamps, as laid out in their several plats, which were drawn Feb. 8, 1692' for west side of town, the first lot came out for Sargent Henry Felch, which was 6 1-2 acres or thereabouts. The next, 18 and 38, to Joseph and John Felch.
Henry, Jr., was selectman of Reading, Mass., in 1647, '48, 51, and '81. (He was generally called Sargent or Ser- geant.) In 1686, it appears that the town of Reading had purchased of the Indians, some years prior to this
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date, the territory of Reading, for the sum of about 510. but it had not been paid for. This year an assessment was laid to raise money. I find the name of Henry Felch, 2s. 2d., and John Felch, 2d.
In 1688 a subscription for a meeting-house was ob- tained and the following is a list of the names and con- tributions of the subscribers :-- among others, Sergt. Henry Felch, £2-John Felch, HIS. Henry, Jr., d Nov. II, 1699. He left three sons, John, Joseph and Daniel.
His eldest son, John, was appointed administrator of his father's estate. John removed from Reading to Weston, shortly after incorporation, in 1709.
Wm. Felch, the next in line of descent noted, the son of Caleb Felch, and Mary Chase, was the founder of Felchville, Vt. This village is in south-east part of the town of Reading, on a branch of Black river. The ad- vent of Wm. Felch to this place in 1826, seems to have given it the first impulse of growth and importance, and the village a more active life.
He was b in Royalton, Mass., Feb. 3, 1797, being a direct descendant of Henry Felch, of Wales, who came to this country as before stated, in 1640, or thereabouts, and was one of the earliest settlers and proprietors of Gloucester, Mass., as stated in Gloucester records.
Wm. Felch came to Windsor. Vt., at the age of fourteen, where he remained four years.
A short sojourn in Ohio, in the winter of 1818, aba- ted his western fever, and induced him to set his face toward the rising sun. He migrated to New York City and there became interested in real estate. He was In at Cavendish, Vt., in 1821, to Bethia Peck, (a descendant of Joseph Peck, of England, who fled with other Puri- tan brothers to this country, to avoid the persecution of the church.) They lived in New York City, until 1826, when he came to reside in Reading. He built and filled the first store in Felchville, built and kept the first tay- ern, and also built the first factory building there in 1835.
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In 1830 he carried the first mail from Woodstock, Vt., through Felchville, to Charlestown, N. H.
He built fifteen dwelling-houses. In 1832 and '33, he represented the town of Reading, in the State Legis- lature. He acted as justice of the peace, forty years, se- lectman, five, lister, twelve, and filled many other town offices. He has owned factories, grocery and dry-goods stores, lime-works, etc. His name has been identified with almost every public act, and probably no one ever exerted a greater or better influence in the town of Reading.
Few men ever enjoyed the confidence of the public to a greater extent than Wm. Felch. His death occur- red in 1876 ; his wife d in 1875, leaving four daughters, all the children they ever had :- Harriet Jane Amsden, who lived for many years in Felchville, Vt. ; Calista Smith, who lives in Panama, Nebraska ; Mary Ken- dall, who lived for a long time in Felchville, and at present resides in Ludlow, Vt., the wife of Luther R. Kendall ; Emily Chilson, who lives in Hebron, Neb.
Felchville school district was organized at the dwelling of Wm. Felch, he being the first clerk and treas- urer. The district by vote, adopted the name of Will- shire, which it bore until 1844, when it became No. 10. The first winter school was taught in 1827-'28, by Miss Philetta Wentworth. She had eight pupils, and $ 1.50 per week, and boarded around.
The first factory building owned by Wm. Felch, dis- solved in smoke in 185 -. This was a great blow to the business interest of the village, as the inhabitants judged, and accordingly, funds to the amount of nearly $ 2,500 were raised by subscription, and in 1859, a sec- ond building was erected, and in 1860, this was burned.
The third one was built in 1861. The proprietor, Prosper Merrill, obtained a contract to supply the uni- forms for the 2nd and 3rd regiments of Vt. Vols., those regiments being at first uniformed in gray. The manu-
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factory of this cloth at Felchville was even run on Sun- days, to make this cloth under the contract with Gov- ernor Fairbanks. Its use was soon abandoned, and the army blue substituted. This factory was burned in 1868. The Felchville Chair Company occupied the site of these woolen-factories, and at time of writing, a box company is doing business there.
Felchville has slowly increased in size and business importance, and now bears the impress of thrift and care. In the summer of 1899, on July 4, Hon. G. A. Davis, (a noted lawyer and former resident of the vil- lage) presented formally at dedication of the same, a beautiful and modern building he had caused to be erec- ted at a large expense, for a public library, to be known as the "Gilbert A. Davis Library Building." It also bears the inscription, "Reading Public Library."
The building contains at date . of writing, (1902) about two thousand books, the larger part having been given by former residents. A fine crayon portrait of Wm. Felch hangs on the wall of the reading room, be- ing presented July, 1899, by his grand-daughter, Min- nie Amsden Coy, of Windsor, Vt.
Felch Marriages.
Henry m Margrett, (both of Wales) ; John m Han- nah (in Wales) ; Joseph m Elizabeth Gowing, May 25, 1625 ; Samuel m Kathrine Smith, May 6, 1714 ; Samuel Jr., m Eunice Walton, Nov. 24, 1743 ; Caleb m Mary Chase. Sept. 16, 1788; Wmn. m Bethia Peck, Oct. 28, 1821 ; Harriet m Alzamon Amsden, Sept. 9, 1841 ; Min- nie m Dana Coy, Oct. 3, 1883.
Lieut. Francis Chase, grandfather of Wmn. Felch, served in the revolutionary war, in Capt. Peter Wood- bury's 9th Co., Col. Nathan Sparhawk's 7th Worcester Co., Regt., commissioned Apr. 5, 1776, in Lieut. Jona- than Silsby's Co .; also in Capt. Win. Mariar's Co. ; muster rolls dated Cambridge, May 9, and June 1, 1778.
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Samuel Felch, Wm. Felch's great grandfather was also a revolutionary soldier.
Chase.
Aquila Chase came from England ; he was b there in 1618, and d Dec. 27, 1670. He m Aun Wheeler (both English) ; John m Elizabeth Bingley ; Philip m Mary Follansbee ; Lieut. Francis Chase m Mary Perkins ; - Mary m Caleb Felch ; Wm. Felch m Bethia Peck.
Caleb Felch, son of Caleb, was b in 1790, in Royals - ton, Mass., and m Eliza Lockwood, and had four chil- dren. He lived on the place just west of Felchville, now occupied by David E. Burnham. He removed to N. Y. City.
Hosea Felch, (son of Caleb) was b in Royalstou, Mass., June 17, 1795, din Felchville, Aug. 9, 1851. He in Asenath A. Griswold, of Springfield, Vt., April 29, 1835, and came at once to Felchville, and bought and al- ways thereafter lived on the farm in Felchville, just south of R. W. Hoadley's. He possessed a superior in- telect and very retentive memory.
Their children were all born in Reading. Hosea, Jr., b Dec. 17, 1836, d Aug. 12, 1838 ; Katherine, b Oct. 30, 1838, m Azro White, Nov. 19, 1867 ; Lucinda A .. b March 30, 1840, m Geo. M. Clark, Feb. 14, 1858 ; Mari- etta, b Jan. 26, 1843, d Feb. 22, 1845.
Katherine had no children, but adopted a son, b. Nov. 9, 1867, and named him Howard Cushman White, who now resides in Enfield. N. H., a jeweler. He m Alice M. Currier, Aug. 23, 1894, and they have two children, Nellie Lydia, and Wyman Currier Azro.
Geo. and Lucinda A., have two children, Frank Herbert, b. Aug. 13, 1860; Claude Hugh, b Feb. 5, 1863.
Claude Hugh is a moulder and lives at Boston, Mass. He m Rosamond Harrington, of Salisbury, Vt., July 3, 1884. They have two children, Harold Went- worth and Gertrude Winifred.
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Nathan Felch, brother of Caleb, Sr., was bat Wake- field, Mass., and brought up in Reading, Mass., and re- moved to Reading, Vt., where he mn for his second wife, Sally Wilkins, and lived near the Ezra Fay house in Felchville, and near his nephew, Wm. Felch. He was a carpenter and joiner, and at one time was a Free Will Baptist minister, but later in life, adopted and preached the Universalist faith.
His daughter, Miss Rosetta Felch, of Charlestown, N. H., writes of him : "He was at times talkative, jocu- "lar, and fond of story telling ; at other times he would "sit for hours in silent meditation : he spent much of his "time, when unable to labor, studying the bible and "comparing passages in different parts."
Rufus O. Forbush. From the Springfield Reporter.
Rufus O. Forbush was b in Reading, Oct. 7, 1824- the son of Rufus Forbush, and brother of Charles A. Forbush.
He d at Springfield, Vt., June 29, 1899.
He worked on his father's farm in Reading until he was of age, when he went to Claremont and learned the trade of a silversmith. He soon set up business for him- self in Worcester, Mass., where he remained for ten years, being for some time a member of the Common Council of that city. After a season spent in the South on account of failing health, he came to Springfield, and was associated with his brother in the mercantile busi- ness, in which he continued until they sold out in 1863.
Since that time he has lived on his estate in Spring- field, has held most of the town offices, and has settled a great many important probate matters to the satisfaction of all concerned.
He was the senior director of the First National Bank (having served since 1877,) of which he was presi-
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dent at the time of his death. He had for over thirty years been a member of the Congregational Church.
Although never of vigorous bodily health, he was spared the confinements of long sickness and the infirm- ities of age. A reserved, thoughtful man, he was a con- stant reader of current events, a conservative thinker, and a cheerful and kindly observer of life. His integri- ty was undoubted, and his religious faith was still and deep.
June 9, 1863, he married Eliza A. Spencer, of this town, whose death preceded his own by nearly two years. His three sons survive him.
The funeral services were held at his late home conducted by Dr. Davis, of the Congregational church. The Banks of the town were closed during the funeral service, and the officers attended.
The Directors of the National, of which he was president, acted as pall bearers.
Lillian Watkins Fay,
whose name is borne upon the tablets of college and university graduates, in the Reading Library, is the daughter of Collamer T., and Carrie (Watkins) Fay, and was b at Reading, Dec .. 22, 1862, graduated from Windsor high school in 1879, from Holyoke high school in 1882, and from Smith college in 1887, with the degree A. B., and received the degree of A. M., from the same college in 1894. She studied at Cornell University in the summer of 1897, and in 1902 was teaching in the Holyoke high school as second vice-principal, or head of the women teachers, and head of English department.
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CHAPTER XXII
The Hawthorne Family, By Collins Hawthorne.
The founders of the Hathorne family in America, were William and John Hathorne, the sons of William Hathorne, of Binfield, Berkshire Co., England. These men wrote their name "Hathorne," and pronounced it Hawthorne, and the ancestors and descendants of these men have written the name in many ways, a few of which are the following : Haughthorne, Hawthorne, Hauthorne, Hathorn, Hathhorne, Haythorne, Hothorne, etc.
The original name of the family was Hawthorne but four or five generations ago, the w and e were omit- ted from the name, though the pronunciation was re- tained a generation or two longer, and now a part of the present members of the family, annoyed by a name that is almost always misunderstood and mispronounced, and still oftener mis-spelled, are resuming the original and proper spelling and pronunciation.
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